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From July, 2012

Comment on this post with your favorite Good Beer Seal bar and why (from now until August 7)! You’ll enter into a giveaway to win a Family Meal for up to 8 people (drinks not included) at Beer Table, worth $200. Please leave us a way to contact you (website, email, etc.). We will choose one person at random to receive this awesome giveaway! So we visited all 41 Good Beer Seal bars in one month. You’ve already read our advice if you’d like to do it yourself and what we learned along the way. It was a lot of…

We’re very excited to share with you that tomorrow we’re going to be on Beer Sessions Radio! It airs live at 5 p.m. on Heritage Radio Network, you can listen here. (If you can’t listen at 5, you’ll be able to after the fact.) We’ll be joining Marcus Burnett from Rockaway Brewing, Ed Berestecki from Mugs Ale House and Ryan Barker from Adobe Blues to chat with Jimmy Carbone. We’re also excited to announce a giveaway, generously donated by Beer Table’s Justin Philips. Tomorrow we’ll be posting our Good Beer Seal recap, and to enter the giveaway, comment on the…

Next up in our series of Good Beer Seal bar posts: The Double Windsor in Windsor Terrace. The Double Windsor has quietly built a well regarded reputation in the craft beer community. We were not disappointed. As with many of our favorite bars on our beer adventure, The Double Windsor doesn’t look like much from the outside, but inside it was a nice and pleasant surprise. The hook-shaped bar houses a solid rotating draft line up from mostly local and regional brewers like Barrier, Carton, and Victory. The decor is wooden, vintage and comfortable, with long, shared tables. You can…

Continuing our series of Good Beer Seal posts is Lucky Dog in Williamsburg. With all the great craft beer bars in Williamsburg, Lucky Dog wouldn’t be our first choice for a night out. The bar can get packed quickly and we had a hard time getting a beer even when we made it to the bar. That said, Lucky Dog’s main attractions are the back patio and shuffleboard (which seems to be a trend at bars in Northern Brooklyn). There are some solid beers on tap from local breweries like Troegs and Brooklyn (along with some macros) and some craft beers…

Up next in our Good Beer Seal bar series: Barcade in Williamsburg. Barcade is one of our favorite bar concepts: arcade plus bar. How can you go wrong? You can indulge your inner child playing Paper Boy or Contra while you enjoy some serious craft beer. Upcoming events over the next month include Dogfish Head night, Flying Dog night. It’s has never seemed too crowded when we’ve been there (even weekend nights) so you won’t have to fight to get your beer (or wait too long to play a game). Their beer menus are among the more helpful around with…

Next up in our series of Good Beer Seal posts: Against the Grain in the East Village. Against the Grain is tiny. The bar could maybe fit a total of 25-30 people and fills up quickly on weekends. Early evenings are the best time to visit, when the bar is virtually empty and your $3 happy hour draft can be accompanied by $1 oysters. The draft list is limited but well-curated with beers from breweries like Newburgh and Oskar Blues and bolstered by an extensive bottle list. The food is from its restaurant Grape and Grain next door and includes…

Next in our series of Good Beer Seal bar posts: The Stag’s Head in Midtown East. It’s difficult for us to write about the Stag’s Head. The first time we went the place was full so the staff sat us at its sister restaurant, Cornerstone Tavern, where the food is similar but the beer is not. The next time we went we were able to get a table at Stag’s Head, but found that hardly any of the beers listed were actually on tap. Our server went back and forth from our table to the bar a couple of times…

Continuing our series of Good Beer Seal bar posts is Beer Table in Park Slope. Beer Table is a really special place. It’s the kind of place you can go on a date, special occasion, or indulgent night out with your friends (it’s on the pricey side). The beer is unusual and rare, and the food is artisanal, often local, and always delicious. All drafts are available in full and half pours. We recommend sharing bottles and having half pours to explore the great beer list more. With space for 25 people max, it’s an intimate, low-key spot to relax and…

Next in our Good Beer Seal bar posts is Mission Dolores in Park Slope. The first thing that strikes you about Mission Dolores when you visit is the space. The bar is all the way in the back and to get to it you walk through what feels like a tunnel, then out into an open patio, then through glass doors to the way back to get your beers. Tables and chairs are scattered throughout. It’s a unique and pretty cool place to drink – open and airy. Great for spring and summertime day drinking. The beer list is always…

Continuing our series of Good Beer Seal bar posts: Rattle N Hum in Midtown. Rattle N Hum is in midtown Manhattan and is often uncomfortably crowded and excessively loud. It is, however, a short walk from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden so it’s pretty much one of the only places in the area to grab a quality beer and a bite before catching a train or a game. The beer list is impressive and the menus are well thought out with beers separated by style and each listed with its ABV, size, price, and some tasting notes. Local breweries…